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Fight fans have heard about the possibility of former heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko making a return to the ring, this at age 48 (Wlad will turn 49 in March). The idea, the “dream” of Saudi money man Turki Alalshikh, is for Klitschko to come back…

Jalil Hackett is angry with Devin Haney after he took on X to dump on him following his 10-round split decision upset loss to Jose Roman Vazquez (14-1, 6 KOs) last Saturday night at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Hackett feels…

Tyson Fury took an enormous beating in his loss to unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in their first fight, and there are questions about whether he’s got much left going into the second one in 12 days on December 21st. The Beating That beatdown Fury…

Negotiations have begun for a fight between IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis (33-0, 39 KOs) and Teofimo Lopez (21-1, 13 KOs) for a dual network and promotion fight on DAZN & ESPN. Deal In The Works Teofimo’s promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank, told…

Dmitry Bivol is trying to toughen himself up with ice ahead of his rematch against four-belt 175-lb champion Artur Beterbiev on February 22nd in Riyadh. The Toughness Factor Using ice to toughen himself won’t help Bivol if he lacks the punch resistance and bravery to…

uper-bantamweight Murodjon Akhmadaliev, one of just a few fighters brave enough to say out loud that “Monster” Naoya Inoue is running from him, will get the chance to pick up an interim belt this Saturday night in Monaco. The once-beaten southpaw from Uzbekistan will face…

Unbeaten Cuban featherweight Dayan Gonzalez smashed his way to the IBO 126 pound title on Friday night in Liverpool, this when the 25 year old took out fellow unbeaten Wira Mirkham of Thailand. Gonzalez, who is based in Dubai, dropped Mirkham with a right uppercut…

Last seen dropping a close decision to Derek Chisora in a highly entertaining fight, Joe Joyce has stated how he is back in training camp and will be back in the ring soon. And though plenty of people called for Joyce’s retirement from the sport…

Promoter Eddie Hearn expects Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk to use different fight strategies for their rematch on December 21st than they did in their previous fight. Of the two heavyweights, unified champion Usyk has a better shot at success with his different approach to…